Does site speed influence SEO?
You don’t even have to listen very carefully because SEO people are shouting it from the rooftops: site speed is everything. Not a day goes by without a new article, white paper, Google representative or SEO expert telling us that optimizing for speed is one of the most important things you can do right now. […]
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What is a content delivery network (CDN)?
A content delivery network (CDN) is a network of servers in different geographic locations working together to get content to load faster by serving it from a location near the visitor. Here, I’ll explain what this all means and what a CDN can do for you and your SEO. What does a CDN do? A […]
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Ten SEO aspects for web designers to master
Search engines are playing an increasingly important role in the future of the internet, and it’s important for web designers as well as SEOs to be able to keep up. Amanda DiSilvestro shares 10 aspects of SEO to master as a starting point.
Site speed for in-house marketers: Creating a culture of performance
Your customers are impatient Multiple studies have demonstrated the inverse link between page speed and rate of abandonment. Google’s own research has shown that 53% of mobile site visits are abandoned if pages take longer than 3 seconds to load, while Akamai found that 79% of online shoppers who experience a dissatisfying visit are unlikely […]
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How to select the best caching solution for WordPress
There is no denying that the existence of an appropriate website is justified primarily by its loading speed: the faster, the better. … read more
Benchmarking SEO: competitive analysis
Just recently, a friend of mine asked me to have a quick peek at his website, as he felt some of his keywords didn’t perform as well as before. Some other websites outranked him in Google, and he wondered why. In such a case, it often pays to do a quick competitive analysis. In most […]
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8 tips for boosting the speed of your WordPress site
Slow-loading web pages can slowly become the leading cause of high bounce rates, low user engagement, lost traffic opportunities, and abandoned sales journeys. If you have a WordPress site, there are a number of easy and effective methods you can use that will significantly increase your site’s loading speed.
3 SEO quick wins to implement right now
We’re all ready for a new year of increasing sales, lifting engagement and giving our website the best effort possible. It only seems right to give you a three-step rocket of SEO quick wins, to kick-start your website for 2018. In this post, I will show you three things you can do right now to […]
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Ask Yoast case study: Looking for a holiday home?
Today’s case study is about renting holiday homes. There are a million holiday homes out there in all shapes and sizes. So what about a castle? A reader sent us a link to the site of a beautiful castle, located in France: Chateau de Lastours. The rooms and apartments are for rent. Let’s have a […]
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How to perform an SEO audit. Part 3: Site speed & Engagement
This week, we’ve been showing you how to perform an SEO audit on your website. By regularly auditing your – or your client’s – sites, you can get a good feel for what you still need to do to improve SEO. In part 1, I talked about user experience and content SEO and in part […]
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Measuring mobile site speed with Google Lighthouse
Two words you often hear together are mobile and site speed. And that’s not without reason because these two go hand in hand. Mobile-friendliness and site speed are some of the most pressing matters we have to deal with as SEOs, developers, and site owners. Measuring page speed has always been something of a dark […]
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Create a website with SEO in mind: Technical pointers
After a lot of its and buts, you have finally decided to create a website. A personal website for yourself, or that long overdue website for your business. You know you have to think about design and should supply well-written texts. You’ve already been inquiring about that thing called hosting. You may even have called […]
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What is HTTP/2 and how does it benefit SEO?
The HTTP/2 protocol was published in 2015 with the aim of creating a faster, more secure Internet. Adoption has been gradual and is ongoing, but there are clear benefits for marketers who make the upgrade. So what exactly is HTTP/2 and how does it affect SEO?
Where SEO and UX meet on your site
At Yoast, we think SEO only works when you use a holistic approach. Just optimizing your page titles isn’t enough. It’s also about site speed and user experience (UX), and great content is obviously a huge part of it. In a holistic approach, SEO has a lot of “teammates” that have to work together. In […]
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What may be slowing your site down (and how to fix it)
A slow site is a slow death for a brand. Whether you have a blog, an online storefront or anything else, your viewers need to able to form a positive impression fast. Here’s how to make sure your page load speed is up to scratch.
Why site speed is as important as ever on the visual web
As the internet has become a more important part of our daily lives, our online experience has evolved and we prefer much more visual content. But visual content, and its associated massive file sizes, slows down websites. Here’s why SEOs shouldn’t overlook this as an issue, and what can be done about it.
Ask Yoast case study: SEO for a quality brand
With our Ask Yoast case studies we help clients with their SEO by reviewing the website and giving clear advice and hands-on tips. Those clients send us their website because they’re curious what improvements can be made to improve the overall rankings. This time, we reviewed the website of a high-quality sun protection brand: Calypso. […]
Ask Yoast Case study: SEO for architects
In our Ask Yoast case studies we give SEO advice for websites in a specific market or industry. This time: the website of Slemish Design Studio Architects, the business site of an architect duo. The architects told us that they get great responses from their clients, but is their website optimized for search engines as […]
How to scale web design to improve page loading speed
Even a 1-second delay in page loading time can make a difference to conversions, page views and customer satisfaction – not to mention SEO. Here’s how to optimize your website design for the fastest possible experience.
Site speed tactics in a mobile-first world: Why ecommerce brands need to step up their site speed game
A study of 700 top ecommerce brands found that the majority are underperforming when it comes to optimizing their sites for speed. Find out how you can avoid the same mistakes.